Automatic railway-curve lubricator.



E. 0. HICKS. AUTGMATIU RAILWAY CURVE LUBRIGATOR.

APPLIGATION FILED MAR. 6, 1908.

Patented Dec. 1, 1908.-

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Q To all whom alt m and "useful lmltlrovements in 'Railway Curve following to be a full, clear, and' UNITED STATES AT NT OFFICE ENOCH'OGDEN HICKS, OF SIQJOSEPHLMISSQLRI-L aUToMa-mc RAILWAY-CURVE toimcaroa,

concern:

' Be itkn'ow 'nthat I, Eisoon OGDEN HICKS,

a citizen of he United States,1'esidi ngat St. Joseph, in thecounty ofpBuchanan and State of Missourhhave invented certain new Automatic nbricato'rs; land I do dolarethe exact, description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it .appertains to make and use the same,

" reference being had to the accompanyin automatically lubricated at r carrying a' lubncator, thereby v drawings, andto thefletters and' figures 0, which iorm-a part reference marked thereon, of.th1s specification; I The object sou ht y me'in this invention electric or other street car railways may every "ca lubricated, and materially reducing; the exhaving the curves lubricatecl. i I v I- attain my object bythe mechanism illustrated in the accompanying; drawings,v in 7 h1ch:-

I Figure l'is a perspective of a car 'floor and side, broken, away,

brake beam, a bracket supported on said beam, a lubncator carried thereby, a connecting' spiral spring thereon and slum,

' cating'swab in engagement withu' the flange e as of .sai d"wheel; Fig. 2 is a perspectiaetofa tank adapted to carry asupply of the lubri-- c is 3.

is an enlarged lubricator and the holder which is adapted a B islthe to carry the swab which lubricates 'the flan of the wheel, and Fi 4 is a top view of t e swab 'by which the Similar letters refer the several "views. v v In'the drawin 'A is a bracket shown su?- ported on a bra e beam A.'-I preferaby su port the bracket in this manner, butzany suitable means of'sup ort may be used.

body of t we lubricator.

" "swab carried ina holder D, whichholder'is preferably cast as said holder stands at an .angle that will enableit to automatically carry said swab into contact with flange h of wheel L is an axle for said wheel. -D" which is fastened at its upper edge to said holder, its side and bottom edges. left free as SpeeificationpfLetterslatent. I Application filed Karch6,1908. Serial No. 419,601,-

eyice by which curves of the passage ofa car wheel and" view of the bricant 1S applied 'to" the flange'of the wheel. a a to similar parts bricanton said'flan'geasthe-wheel.revolves apart of said lubricator;

is a steel plate l iatented Dec. 1', 1998.

shown in Fig t Swab C is pr eferably d d are inserted, thereby assisting inhold i'ng'it'fin 'place in the tension oniswab G; the. swab caused bywthis tension checks thefexuelation 0.1 an undue quantityof-the lubricant.

\ means sf attachin teamnor'a yrsuim le-support. a

G -is. an axle'screwed"liitoiors'rigidly. fasi'on' the opposite side, is a tube screwed into said ylubri'cator having anupwa'rdly turned and'suply 'pi'" f h'ow'n by dotted lines thisituhe yEZ-co ple ion 'atank v Eis. a .s i'fal sprin nec'ted wit the top, 0 the bod .bncator, the other end adapte 'with'the fioorK of a car suWrt-t g henythe truck of the luto connect -'ho1der will be in normal position,

by dotted lines in Fig. 15' when ja car reaches a curve and the truck bricat'orandholder t pped tofithe position shown in Fig; 1,

flange I until the wheel again 'raches=a straight track. The flange of the wheel) during the assage -ing the .the curve of the rail.-

ment will be repeated at every curve.

tel-s Patent, is

cator the combination with a car wheel, a, brakebeam and the floor of a car,- and a supply tank, of a bracket rigidly fastened on said beam, a lubricator, a solid axle on said -Jf.is 'jthe foot of bracket A and serves use I the bracket to the brake nnected by hose with nip- 1, W I. But such tank maybe dis-z. gensed' withlandany-other. suitable meansor other-rigidly set,

and. the swab is brought in, contact with the inside of the flange'of the wheel. The swab thus pressedagainst' the of 'thewheel will be exudingfthe luaround the curve has been conveylubricant received-from theswab to v I Thisva'utomatic moyeinadeof woolen felt material and is provided with 'perfora-tionsd d through-which screws said holder. By tightenin' screws-d d the-l0wer--portion ofplate g D is. pressed downward, thereby increasing spread ofthe I ned tothelside-of the lubricator and G, a i

s end "Ffsa'idtube" thus seryingrboth as anaxle.

obtaining-asnpfi of lub'rican't adopted without changing t I e purposeof my invene t1on.--

one end being cor.

of a car is rnnningon a r straight track, the lubrlcator and swab as. shown of'the car'isswung out of its normal osition, said s ring is thereby automatical y elongated an thel1 1-,

a v i. What I claimanddesire to secu b e v f:

1. In an automatic'railway curve lubriv a swab' provided with perforations 'iin said holder and scz ws adapted'tqfengagej'with retain said swab, inv p0- tsitionand regulate. the pressure bf'thepl'spte -on the swab, 'su'bstahtia'Hy Ja s set-forth and shown." 1

a I 2; .In an" automatic ra ilwa'y .(mrvt '1ub ri-- catorv the combination with 1:1 car; of a rigt t ijdly' s'uppogted bracket, lubrlc'ator ,prov vide'd'with axles'carried in said bracket,a

I holder at the bottom both as; an hide and; a supply-pipe, a, s pi ral sprifig' having connection; at'one end with said-flubriator; the, other endadzgPtedjtb cdn'nect with said -floor, an outwardly turned adjustable-plate on thejflontbf said h'older,

said perforations-t0 -adjnstable pltetth'eregh, carried by Sid hplder, at spiral-spring .formv of;v the lubricatbr, 12m

cator the combination lubric'ator, -.,'t'hereofits' top, sides'and batqkinteg'raltherewith, a plate attachdto the' front thereof and means. for adjusting sa id plat to hold;

a lubricating swab Gator and holder and hold said swab in co'ii tact. with th flangebf a. whel while on a curve, substantially as shown and described, 5

with the body of the of a swahholderat the base a swab'a'ndr egulate th xudatio'nof the lubric'zint from th' bOdy of the lgbricatof,311b-'.- stantial1y as describedand s'et forth.' i

- In testimony .wherepfi I. aflixmy signiltur in presence oftwo' witnessesd t ENOCH OGDENH ICK S.

3.*Inan automaticnrailwa'yvcurvelubri- A 

